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I decided to make this a separate post because of the trouble I had researching park brakes. I know people have successfully hooked them up but all I found after months of research was people asking about it, others trying things but never saying if it worked. Odds are the info is buried in someone’s build thread.
So here we go.
Handle. I chose an Orscheln Lever, Part number 02182700. The design is called "Over Center". I found it for $19.00 on e-bay. The price normally runs from $30-$60.
Cables. Control Cables inc. Parking Brake Cables | OEM replacement cables | Street Rod Parking Cables (562) 949-0455. These people rock. $100 shipped. Trying to piece this together from E-Trailer I was looking at almost $300. The cables would have been cut to fit and I would have had to figure out how to attach them to my backing plates.
They will ask you a ton of questions. I took a length of welding cable and draped it around to get my lengths. My backing plate tabs have a 9/16 hole. This seems to be standard. My dexter axle has a lever hanging down, 4” from the holder. They have all the parts no matter what configuration you have. I Ordered them Thursday night as they were closing and had them on Tuesday.
Now for the pictures
Cable end with clevis. The housing has a couple of slots machined into it. Its held in place with an E-Clip. My tab was 1/8 inch thick. If they were 1/4 i would use the outer ring for the clip.
Equalizer and adjuster.
Looking down into the handle. You can see how the clevis fits perfectly over the draw bar.
Handle mounted in the unlock position. The top of the handle threads up or down. This is how you adjust how far the handle pulls the cable.
Mounting tab and lever on the backing plate.
Here is a poor view underneath. The cables are routed to when the axle moves, the cables won't bind or pull on the brake. You take the slack out of the cable at the equalizer then adjust the handle for the pull distance. After adjusting, I made sure the levers on the brakes went back completely.
The only things I had to make were the cable mount tab's under the body and in the handle. They were all 9/16 holes. They Had mounts at Control Cables but I didn't want to pay for nice stainless pieces.
So here we go.
Handle. I chose an Orscheln Lever, Part number 02182700. The design is called "Over Center". I found it for $19.00 on e-bay. The price normally runs from $30-$60.
Cables. Control Cables inc. Parking Brake Cables | OEM replacement cables | Street Rod Parking Cables (562) 949-0455. These people rock. $100 shipped. Trying to piece this together from E-Trailer I was looking at almost $300. The cables would have been cut to fit and I would have had to figure out how to attach them to my backing plates.
They will ask you a ton of questions. I took a length of welding cable and draped it around to get my lengths. My backing plate tabs have a 9/16 hole. This seems to be standard. My dexter axle has a lever hanging down, 4” from the holder. They have all the parts no matter what configuration you have. I Ordered them Thursday night as they were closing and had them on Tuesday.
Now for the pictures
Cable end with clevis. The housing has a couple of slots machined into it. Its held in place with an E-Clip. My tab was 1/8 inch thick. If they were 1/4 i would use the outer ring for the clip.
Equalizer and adjuster.
Looking down into the handle. You can see how the clevis fits perfectly over the draw bar.
Handle mounted in the unlock position. The top of the handle threads up or down. This is how you adjust how far the handle pulls the cable.
Mounting tab and lever on the backing plate.
Here is a poor view underneath. The cables are routed to when the axle moves, the cables won't bind or pull on the brake. You take the slack out of the cable at the equalizer then adjust the handle for the pull distance. After adjusting, I made sure the levers on the brakes went back completely.
The only things I had to make were the cable mount tab's under the body and in the handle. They were all 9/16 holes. They Had mounts at Control Cables but I didn't want to pay for nice stainless pieces.
